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antagonist

[an-tag-uh-nist] / ænˈtæg ə nɪst /


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Lynch served as the club's main antagonist, the villainous cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

When the researchers used a specific antagonist to block the receptor, the inflammatory response in human brain tissue dropped significantly.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

But not everyone would roll their eyes at Michelle, the antagonist of Oreo-gate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals says its GLP-1 receptor antagonist, avexitide, met both the primary and secondary endpoints in a late-stage clinical trial.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

One of the leading researchers in the field, who helped write the 2009 Amherst paper, is Daniel Anderson, a professor at UMass Amherst, and he’s anything but a purebred television antagonist.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The future princess of Wales and her siblings called their stepmother “Acid Raine” and were antagonists for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

In the usual way, he and Teagan will be antagonists before they’re not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

These include SGLT2 inhibitors, GLP-1-based therapies, and nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in people with chronic kidney disease without diabetes.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026

But the reverse is also true, and former antagonists can be rehabilitated, welcomed once again into the president's good graces.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

The children appeared before her like antagonists who had overcome her, who had ovemowered and sought to drag her into the soul’s slavery for the rest of her days.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin


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